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MONTANA EX REL. JOHNSON v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS

No. 567.

348 U.S. 961 (1955)

MONTANA EX REL. JOHNSON v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Jameson, Dean Acheson, Charles A. Horsky and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. for petitioner. Arnold H. Olsen, Attorney General of Montana, and William F. Crowley, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents. Russell E. Smith for the Governor of Montana, respondent. Briefs of amici curiae in support of the petition were filed by Leslie R. Burgum, Attorney General, and C.L. Young for the State of North Dakota, and Phil W. Saunders, Attorney General, and Ralph A. Dunham for the State of South Dakota.

Per Curiam.

Certiorari is granted. The decision below is reversed insofar as it holds that the 1953 Montana Statute, Montana Rev. Codes, 1947 (Cum. Supp. 1953), § 81-1702 (2), is inconsistent with federal law. The case is accordingly remanded to the Montana Supreme Court for proceedings not inconsistent with...

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